Auto-mop



, W. L. LAMPKIN.

AUTO MOP.

APPLlcATloN FILED MAY8.1920.

Patented Mar. 15, '1921.

PATENT oFFlcE.

WALTER L. LAIPKIN, 0F KANSAS CITY, lMISSOURI.

AUTO-HOP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Liar 15, 1921.

Application led lay 8, 1920. Serial No. 379,951.

To all whomz't may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALTERL. LAMPKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas Cit in the county of Jackson and State of issouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Auto-Mops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mo s. It relates particularly to a mop whichv is adapted for use on a scrubbing nozzle, such as may be used for cleaning automobiles.

The object of my inventionk is to provide a mop which is simple in construction, durable, not liable to get out of order, cheap to manufacture, easily cleaned, and which may be quickly applied to or removed from a scrubbing nozzle.

My invention provides further novel and efiicient means for holding the shag of the rIphe novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved mop.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing my improved mop attached to a scrubbing nozzle.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the mop with its ends locked.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the mop shown attached to a scrubbing nozzle.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 and 2 designate respectively two transversely divided ring members disposed one within the other. the inner member 1 having inwardly extending projections 3 at its upper and lower edges respectively, which proj ections are adapted to releasably engage the upper and lower sides respectively of a scrubbing nozzle head 4f,l Fig. 2, with which the mop 1s to be operated.

5 designates a shag, preferably material such as candle wicking, -which is held clamped between the members 1 and 2, and,

into which extend devices, such as rivets 6, which connect the members 1 and 2, and which serve also to securely retain in place the sha 5, which is preferably folded over a wire disposed above the rivet 6.

The ends of the member 1 preferably extend across and are secured to the member 2, Fig. 3, thusholding the shag from slippmg out at the ends of said members.

Sultable means for releasably locking the ends of the ring members may be employed. For this purpose, I have shown the member 2 having at one end a hook 8, which is adapted to enter either one or more slots 9, disposed adjacent to the other end of the melmber 2 at different distances from said en The head 4 is mounted on a nozzle 10 adapted to be attached to a hose, the head being provided with discharge perforations 11.

The projections 3 with the body of the member l form an inner channel of annular forni adapted to receive a nozzle having a circular head, such as the head 4.

In operating my invention, the head 4 is mounted in the channel between the projections 3, said projections respectively engaging the upper and lower sides of the head. The ends of the ring 2 are then hooked together by inserting the hook 8 in one of the slots 9, thus locking the mop to the nozzle head. Water discharged through the perforations 1l will enter the shag 5. To detach the mop, it is but necessary to disengage the hook 8 from the slot 9, after which the ring members 1 and 2 may be sprung apart at their ends sufficiently for the removal of the head 4 from the channel between the projections 3.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. A mop comprising two transversely divided ring members disposed one within the other, the inner member having inwardly extending projections at its upper and lower edges respectively, adapted to respectively engage the upper and lower sides of a nozzle head, the outer member having means for releasably locking its ends together, and a shag held between said ring members, substantially as set forth.

2. A mop comprisin two transversely divided ring members isposed one within the other, the inner member having inwardly extending projections at its upper and lower edges respectively, the outer member having adjacent to one end a perforation and adjacent to its other end a,

hook adapted for insertion into said perforation for locking together the ends of the outer member, and a shag held between saidmembers, substantiallyas set forth.

3. A mop comprising two transversely divided ring members one encirclin the other the inner member having inwar ly extending projections at its upper andv lower edges respectively, a shag held between said members, one or more securing devices extending through the shag and connecting said members, and means for releasably locking together the ends of one of said members, substantially as set forth.

4. A mop comprising two transversely divided ring members one encircling the other, the ends of one of said membersI being extended transversely into engagement with the other member, the inner member having inwardly extending projections at its upper and lower edges respectively, means for releasably locking together the ends of the other of said members, and a sha held between said members, substantial y as set forth.

5. A mop comprising two transversely divided ring members one encircling the other, the ends of one of said members being .extended transversely across into en gagement with the other member, the inner member having inwardly extending projections at its upper and lower edges respectively, one or more securing devices connecting said members, means for releasably locking together the ends of one of said members, and a shag held between said members and through which said devices extend, substantially as set forth. l

6. A mop comprising a member having an inner annular channel adapted to receive the head of a nozzle ard to hold the member on said head, a shag, and means attached to said member for su porting the shag, substantially as set fortii.

7. A mop comprising a member having an annular inner channel adapted to receive the head of a nozzle and to hold the member on said head, said member being a. transversely divided ring, a shag, and means attached to said member for supporting the shag and for releasably connecting the ends of said member, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WALTER' L. LAMPKIN'. 

